Shikha Pandey of Delhi Capitals provides Mumbai Indians’ Hayley Matthews the send-off of their Girls’s Premier League match in Vadodara on Saturday.
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Shikha Pandey swung the brand new ball tellingly on Saturday night time.
On the flat observe on the BCA Stadium, in opposition to a formidable Mumbai Indians batting line-up, she knew she needed to get the utmost out of the recent ball. She is glad she might try this, and that her spell performed a major half in Delhi Capitals’ last-ball win.
Her swing undid each the openers, Hayley Matthews and Yastika Bhatia. “Oh, I had enjoyable,” Shikha admitted. “I knew that no matter magic I needed to do with the brand new ball needed to be carried out within the first few overs, as a result of we adopted the sport final night time and it was going to be a flat wicket. So I used to be simply attempting to take wickets first up. I’m pleased to have contributed.”
She was all reward for the match-winning knock from the younger Niki Prasad, making her WPL debut after main India to victory within the latest Underneath-19 Girls’s T20 World Cup. “That is very nice for Niki, enjoying her first high-intensity recreation and taking us nearer (residence),”
She added it was an incredible group effort from the Capitals. “It was very nice,” she stated. “We’re nonetheless not at full-strength and have some superstars who couldn’t play right this moment. And to get a group like MI, which was paying at full-strength, all out was superb. Final time the event opener was just about the same recreation. We ended up on the mistaken aspect of the end result, however this time we had been on the appropriate aspect.”
Printed – February 16, 2025 05:10 pm IST
